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Despite a busy weekend of MMA action, the USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie.com MMA rankings saw only small moves this week. Still, Saturday’s UFC on FUEL TV 9 results created a bit of dilemma in the featherweight division.

Each Monday, MMAjunkie.com publishes an updated list of the top 15 fighters, as well as three honorable mentions (in alphabetical order), in the eight primary male weight divisions. The rankings also appear monthly in the print edition of USA TODAY.

Five ranked fighters and one honorable mention were in action this past week. However, No. 13 light heavyweight Gegard Mousasi and No. 7 bantamweight Brad Pickett both remained in their current spots after their wins at UFC on FUEL TV 7, as did Bellator featherweight champ Pat Curran after his Bellator 95 win.

However, by virtue of his loss to Pickett, Mike Easton dropped from No. 14 to No. 15. (That allowed T.J. Dillashaw to move from No. 15 to No. 14.)

Also on the UFC card, Akira Corassani defeated honorable mention Robbie Peralta, who fell out of the rankings due to the defeat. Two candidates emerged for Peralta’s open slot: UFC on FUEL TV 9 winners Diego Brandao and Conor McGregor. However, with a win over Pablo Garza and a recent 6-1 run, we ultimately gave the honorable mention slot to Brandao. But McGregor, a former two-division Cage Warriors champ who made quick work of Marcus Brimage in his UFC debut, is poised to enter the rankings with another win.

Additionally, with a quick and efficient ONE FC title win over reigning champ Kotesu Boku, veteran Shinya Aoki moved up a spot from No. 11 to No. 10 in the lightweight rankings.

Check out the full rankings below, or simply click on the Rankings tab above.

The rankings take into account a fighter’s wins/losses, quality of competition, finishing rate/dominance and frequency of fights.

Fighters are no longer eligible to be ranked after they’ve been inactive for 24 months, either due to injuries, drug/conduct suspensions, contract disputes or self-imposed hiatuses.

Fighters serving drug/conduct suspensions are eligible to be ranked, so long as they’re not inactive for more than 24 months.

To the best of our ability, fighters will be ranked in their primary weight class. Catchweight fights and bouts outside the fighter’s primary weight class can have a positive or negative impact on the ranking. However, fighters can be ranked in only one weight class at a given time, and in most cases, they won’t be ranked in a new weight class until they’ve had their first fight at that weight.

ranking criteria

The rankings take into account a fighter's wins/losses, quality of competition, finishing rate/dominance and frequency of fights.

Fighters are no longer eligible to be ranked after they've been inactive for 24 months, either due to injuries, drug/conduct suspensions, contract disputes or self-imposed hiatuses.

Fighters serving drug/conduct suspensions are eligible to be ranked, so long as they're not inactive for more than 24 months.

To the best of our ability, fighters will be ranked in their primary weight class. Catchweight fights and bouts outside the fighter's primary weight class can have a positive or negative impact on the ranking. However, fighters can be ranked in only one weight class at a given time, and in most cases, they won't be ranked in a new weight class until they've had their first fight at that weight.

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